Top Gear article lists Leon as one of the loveliest cars you can buy

Not sure if this has been brought up yet, but the Top Gear website released an article yesterday listing their picks for the loveliest cars you can currently buy, and nestled amongst cars from Ferrari, Aston Martin and Alfa Romeo was the MK3 Leon, and they went with the Cupra R for the picture.

While personally I love the look of the Leon, I was a little surprised to see it on the list given the caliber of most the other cars. There's even surprisingly little objection to it in the comments section, with most people seeming to disagree with the Jimny, Alpine and F-Pace. Of course it's all very subjective, but good to see some love from TG.

I can see why - I've had mine for 4 years and it's not had anything wrong with it. Good economy + power, £20 road tax and cheap insurance. Add to that a hi level of equipment and a few tasteful modifications and I'm still in love with it, won't be getting a new car anytime soon.

My only gripe is the lack of reasonable options to upgrade the mib1 media system.

The BBC still owns the Top Gear title and the rights to Top Gear magazine. If Clarkson had compiled that list it would be 12 hideously expensive sports cars. Anyway, the MK4 Leon will be with us next year. In the speculative images in Auto Express it still looks good. If you haven't seen any scroll down past the spy car images in this article.

The BBC still owns the Top Gear title and the rights to Top Gear magazine. If Clarkson had compiled that list it would be 12 hideously expensive sports cars. Anyway, the MK4 Leon will be with us next year. In the speculative images in Auto Express it still looks good. If you haven't seen any scroll down past the spy car images in this article.